Don Stephen Senanayake was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon,having emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to the establishment of self-rule in Ceylon. He is considered as the "Father of the Nation".
Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan,was a Ceylon lawyer and politician who served as Solicitor-General of Ceylon.
Ponnambalam Arunachalam was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Tamil Union Cricket &Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo,Sri Lanka. They play their home games at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.
Arumugam Canagaratnam was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism is the conviction of the Sri Lankan Tamil people,a minority ethnic group in the South Asian island country of Sri Lanka,that they have the right to constitute an independent or autonomous political community. This idea has not always existed. Sri Lankan Tamil national awareness began during the era of British rule during the nineteenth century,as Tamil Hindu revivalists tried to counter Protestant missionary activity. The revivalists,led by Arumuga Navalar,used literacy as a tool to spread Hinduism and its principles.
Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer,writer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of Ceylon established in 1833,along with the Executive Council of Ceylon,on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission. It was the first form of representative government in the island. The 1931 Donoughmore Constitution replaced the Legislative Council with the State Council of Ceylon.
Kothandarama Natesa Iyer or S. K. Natesa Iyer was a Sri Lankan journalist,trade union leader and politician of Indian Tamil origin,had pioneered the labour movement in the plantations in the early 1930s.
Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy was a Ceylon Tamil member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Arunachalam Mahadeva,KCMG was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer,politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Home Affairs (1942-1946) and High Commissioner to India (1948-1949).
The fourth election to the Legislative Council of Ceylon was held in 1924.
The third election to the Legislative Council of Ceylon was held on 21 April 1921.
The Ponnambalam–Coomaraswamy family is a Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu family that was prominent in politics in former British Ceylon and later Sri Lanka from the colonial era to 1972. Many members received imperial honours such as knighthood by the British Crown.
Thambaiyah Mudaliyar Sabaratnam (Tamil:தம்பையாமுதலியார்சபாரத்தினம்,romanized: TampaiyāMutaliyār Capārattiṉam;died 1968 was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer,politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Sir Waithilingam Duraiswamy was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer,politician and speaker of the State Council of Ceylon.
Mylvaganam Mudaliyar Subramaniam was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer,politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and State Council of Ceylon.
Emmanuel Rasanayagam Tambimuttu was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer,politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and State Council of Ceylon.
The second election to the Legislative Council of Ceylon was held 20 January 1917.
